ASSESSING THE MODERATING ROLE OF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION ON ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS: STUDY FROM BANGLADESH

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to find out the significance of current management education in creating students' entrepreneurial intentions in Bangladesh. The study also evaluates the existing entrepreneurial development programs and their implications for contemporary business education.

To accomplish the objectives of this study, quantitative research is carried out and PLS-SEM 3.28 is used. According to the findings, the current management education system is attempting to foster entrepreneurial intentions. However, in the current environment, cultivating the entrepreneurial intentions of business graduates is insufficient. Lectures, presentations, tutorials, standard assignment procedures, and examinations in the classroom are insufficient to build entrepreneurs' entrepreneurial desires. Increasing the number of entrepreneurial development programs, entrepreneurship development cells, entrepreneurship development specializations, and entrepreneurial development programs in the curriculum is crucial right now. Business games, business plans, case studies on entrepreneur success and failure, marketing, finance, HR, operations, business analysis, and the role of government in entrepreneurship development are all important topics to cover. The majority of graduates say that today's management education system is not focused enough on entrepreneurial growth. They also believe that the current management education system is insufficient in assisting students in gaining business skills and preparing them to run other people's businesses. The implication of this study is to help policymakers and educators, apart from entrepreneurship courses. Because policymakers can address and analyze the underlying personal attitudes, subjective norms, and perceived behavioral controls of the students to motivate them to bridge the gap in the existing labor market by creating entrepreneurial ventures.

Keywords: Management Education, Entrepreneurial Intentions, Entrepreneurship Development, Human Resource, Bangladesh.